If you’re well versed in webspeak, you’re probably familiar with the concept of stickiness — the quality that entices web users to stick around a given site. Here at AdSense, we’re down with the web version of stickiness, but we’ve got a different kind of adhesive in mind: the kind that lets you take the AdSense logo a-go-go.

That’s right, we’re talking stickers.

We’ve printed up a batch of AdSense stickers, and we’d be delighted to send one or two your way, wherever you are in the world. The stickers are designed for laptops, but they’ll work just as well for placement on mugs, skateboards, or temporarily on a shirt. (Note: turning a pal into a walking Google ad without their knowledge is not recommended.)

So how do you get one of these glue-backed masterpieces? Easy: send us a self-addressed, stamped envelope with enough postage to return 1 oz of sticker goodness to you from our office in California via standard U.S. mail. (Sorry, we can’t help you calculate the postage to your location). Send your envelope, along with a note if you’d like, to:

Google AdSense
c/o Arlene Lee
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA

Supplies are limited, so send your envelope soon! Then you can stick with AdSense wherever you go. (And one last thing to keep in mind: while we’re flattered that you might want a whole box, note that we’re only able to provide one or two per publisher.)

Source : http://adsense.blogspot.com/2008/03/stick-em-up.html

จัดการบัญชีผู้ใช้อีเมลของคุณทั้งหมดได้อย่างง่ายดาย

Outlook Connector มีโซลูชันอิสระสำหรับการจัดการอีเมลและที่ติดต่อ Windows Live Hotmail ของคุณได้จากภายใน Outlook¹ ด้วย Outlook Connector รุ่นใหม่ คุณจะสามารถเชื่อมต่อบัญชีผู้ใช้ Windows Live Hotmail ได้ใน Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 หรือ Outlook 2003 โดยไม่เสียค่าใช้จ่าย

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เชื่อมต่ออีเมลจาก Windows Live Hotmail ของคุณกับ Outlook

คุณสามารถใช้ Outlook Connector ในการดูอีเมล Windows Live Hotmail ได้ใน Outlook ด้วยบัญชีผู้ใช้อีเมลอื่นของคุณ เมื่อเชื่อมต่อและจัดการอีเมลของคุณใน Outlook 2007 คุณจะสามารถใช้ประโยชน์จากความสามารถอันเปี่ยมล้นที่มีอยู่ใน Outlook 2007 ได้ เช่น ค้นหาทันที รวมถึงความสามารถในการเชื่อมต่อข้อมูลของคุณแม้ในขณะที่คุณกำลังออฟไลน์

แสดงอีเมล Windows Live Hotmail ของคุณใน Outlook ดูรูปภาพขนาดใหญ่

เชื่อมต่อที่ติดต่อจาก Windows Live Hotmail ของคุณกับ Outlook

ด้วย Outlook Connector คุณสามารถดูที่ติดต่อ Windows Live Hotmail ของคุณได้ใน Outlook เมื่อจัดการที่ติดต่อใน Outlook คุณจะสามารถใช้ประโยชน์จากคุณลักษณะการจัดการที่ติดต่อขั้นสูงที่ Outlook 2007 มีให้ได้ เช่น มุมมองนามบัตรใหม่ ค้นหาทันที และความสามารถในการเรียงลำดับที่ติดต่อตามเกณฑ์ที่แตกต่างกัน เช่น ที่ตั้งหรือประเภทสี นอกจากนี้ การเปลี่ยนแปลงที่คุณทำไว้กับข้อมูลที่ติดต่อใน Outlook จะได้รับการซิงโครไนซ์ให้ตรงกับโปรแกรมที่ทำงานบนเว็บในบัญชีผู้ใช้ Windows Live Hotmail ของคุณได้

แสดงที่ติดต่อ Windows Live Hotmail ของคุณใน Outlook ดูรูปภาพขนาดใหญ่

มีอะไรใหม่ใน Windows Live Hotmail

ปัจจุบัน MSN Hotmail ได้เปลี่ยนเป็น Windows Live Hotmail แล้ว ซึ่งใช้งานได้ดียิ่งขึ้นและที่เหนือกว่าสิ่งอื่นใดทั้งหมดคือให้บริการฟรี เหมือนเดิม โปรดดูข้อมูลเพิ่มเติม

• การป้องกันอีเมลที่ไม่พึงประสงค์ที่ได้รับการปรับปรุง — แถบความปลอดภัยพร้อมเครื่องมือป้องกันอีเมลที่ไม่พึงประสงค์ที่ใช้งานง่าย เพียงคลิกเดียว
• พื้นที่จัดเก็บขนาด 2 กิกะไบต์ — มากกว่า MSN Hotmail ถึงสองเท่า
• รวดเร็วขึ้นกว่าเดิม — อ่านจดหมายได้โดยไม่ต้องทำการโหลดหน้าใหม่
• การออกแบบที่สามารถกำหนดเองได้ — ใช้ชุดรูปแบบกำหนดอินเทอร์เฟซของคุณเอง

ความต้องการของระบบ

ในการใช้ Microsoft Office Outlook Connector คุณต้องมี:

• บัญชีผู้ใช้ Windows Live Hotmail — จะปรับรุ่นบัญชีผู้ใช้ Hotmail ที่มีอยู่ของคุณหรือสร้างบัญชีผู้ใช้ขึ้นมาใหม่
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 หรือ Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

¹ ปัจจุบันการเข้าถึงปฏิทิน Windows Live Hotmail ใน Microsoft Office Outlook ยังคงเป็นคุณลักษณะสำหรับลูกค้า MSN Premium ซึ่งใช้ Windows Live Hotmail Premium

ที่มา : http://office.microsoft.com/th-th/outlook/HA102225181054.aspx

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Goto Tools Menu | Select Options.
In the new window, select the “Main” tab at the top. Make sure that “Show the downloads window when downloading a file” is unchecked.
In the same options window, select the “Privacy” tab. Make sure that “Remember what I’ve downloaded” is checked.

In some cases, your download history file can become corrupt. In this case you need to close firefox. Open your firefox profile folder.

Delete downloads.rdf. Restart firefox. (your downloads.rdf file will be recreated)

BANGKOK, March 17 (TNA) – Deputy Transport Minister Songsak Thongsri on Monday hinted at adopting a restored single metropolitan Bangkok airport policy, saying that three airlines operating at Don Mueang Airport at the moment will be shifted back to Suvarnabhumi Airport when its expansion project second phase is completed.

He revealed that newly-appointed board members of the Airports of Thailand would be invited to meet and discuss with him this week regarding the ministry’s policy.

Initially, he said, the board would be asked to accelerate coping with urgent problems regarding varied inconvenience in services passengers had faced at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Regarding the use of Don Mueang Airport, Mr. Songsak said the ministry had a clear-cut policy to have a single airport in the country and gave the AoT’s executives proper understanding on the matter.

In the future, the three air carriers operating at Don Mueang Airport — Thai Airways International, One Two Go, and Nok Air — will shift back their local flight services to Suvarnabhumi when its second expansion phase is completely implemented.

“All airlines will be shifted back to Suvarnabhumi when the airport expansion project is completely carried out. Then, Don Mueang Airport will be used in various proposed forms, such as a maintenance and repair centre or an aviation show centre,” he said.

Aviation Department director general Chaisak Angkasuwan said the single airport policy is the most suitable for the country’s aviation system.

He said the department had enquired of all airlines about the single airport policy and received a common view that it is the approach that could give passengers the most convenience. (TNA)-E005

The flag carriers of Thailand and Indonesia are launching a co-operation initiative to strengthen competitiveness with regional low-cost carriers.

Thai Airways International president Apinan Sumanaseni and Garuda Indonesia chief executive Emirsyah Satar on Monday led executives in reaching co-operation deals to create win-win benefits for both parties, they said.

Part of the co-operation would involve Garuda feeding traffic to THAI’s more extensive network, especially to Europe, where all Indonesian-registered aircraft have been banned since last July as the European Union declared them unsafe.

THAI serves several major European cities and other destinations in China where Garuda sees potential to transfer traffic from its own network. THAI executive vice-president Pandit Chanapai and his Garuda counterpart, Agus Priyanto, were concerned about the expansion of low-cost carriers, especially AirAsia, and agreed to work together to defend their market shares.

The carriers would share information and experience on LCCs in order to come up with ways to battle them, said Mr Pandit.

One of the battlegrounds is the Bangkok-Jakarta route, where AirAsia is adding a second daily flight on April 1 to capitalise on growing traffic.

THAI is countering this by adding three more flights a week on the route on March 29, raising total weekly frequencies to 10. All use wide-body Airbus 300 aircraft.

Mr Pandit said the cabin factor on THAI’s Bangkok-Jakarta flight was currently averaging 80%.

Garuda’s Mr Agus said the airline planned to put its daily Jakarta-Bangkok flight, which arrives very late at night, on an earlier schedule. Designed to attract more passengers, the change could take effect as soon as November.

Garuda’s load factor on the Jakarta-Bangkok route is only 60% due to the poor timing. The airline also faced an aircraft capacity constraint, Mr Agus explained.

Other areas of co-operation cover sales, the use of THAI’s lounges at Suvarnabhumi Airport for Garuda passengers, and a broader use of THAI’s ground handling services at Suvarnabhumi. The talks did not cover a code-share agreement but executives of both airlines did not rule out the possibility in the future.

THAI shares closed yesterday on the SET at 28.50 baht, down 25 satang, in trade worth 57.88 million baht.

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1. Write and submit articles to the article directories.

2. Leave comments on other people’s blogs with a backlink to your site.

3. Answer people’s questions on www.answers.yahoo.com.

4. Post in forums and have a link to your site in your signature.

5. Write a press release and submit it to www.PRWeb.com.

6. Advertise your website in the appropriate category on www.CraigsList.com.

7. Give an unbiased testimonial on a product/service that you have used in exchange for a backlink to your site.

8. Start a blog and submit it to the 100’s of free blog directories.

9. Manually submit your website to the major search engines.

10. Optimize each page of your website for a particular keyword or search phrase.

11. Add a link in your email signature to your website. It’s a free and easy way to get a little more traffic.

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13. Use PPC search engine advertising.

14. Add a “bookmark this site” link to your webpages.

15. Have a tell-a-friend form on your site.

16. Send articles to ezine publishers that includes a link to your website.

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31. Start your own newsletter or ezine.

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33. Purchase ads on other sites.

34. Send a free copy of your product to other site owners in exchange for a product review.

35. Sell or place classified ads on www.eBay.com with a link to your site.

36. Post free classified ads on any of the sites that allow them with a link to your site.

37. Exchange reciprocal links with other related websites.

38. Network with other people at seminars or other live events.

39. Purchase advertising in popular newsletters or ezines.

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41. Create a free ebook and list in on the “free ebook” sites.

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45. Start a lens on www.Squidoo.com.

46. Use a traffic exchange (low quality traffic, but can sometimes be worthwhile).

47. Get referrals form similar but non-competing sites.

48. Create and sell a product with resell or giveaway rights and include a link to your site in it o others pass it around for you.

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50. Buy a pair of sandals; get your website engraved on the bottom and walk on the beach, stomp in the mud or play in the snow

If you want to sell on the internet, your need to accept credit cards. To accept credit cards, you need a merchant account, or access to one. There’re two ways of getting this: Get your own merchant account, or ‘pimp’ off someone else’s.

The latter is the option most new merchants choose. You use a third-party to process your payments, and they take percentage. Here are a few popular ones:

PayPal.com (http://www.paypal.com)

I don’t recommend them as your main processor. See http://www.paypalsucks.com. PayPal is popular because it was ‘firstest with the mostest’ on auction sites. For this reason, eBay bought them out. PayPalSucks.com alleges that if you have a bad order they freeze your account, and can even dip into your bank account to make up any shortfalls. Mitigating circumstances are not taken into account. I’ve read enough complaints about PayPal on webmaster forums to heed them.

The usual rejoinder is; “But I’ve never had any problems with PayPal”. To which is usually retorted “Just wait ’till you get a chargeback!”

A chargeback occurs when someone asks their credit-card company for a refund. They say they didn’t get the goods, or they never made the order, or the goods were not as advertised. This is passed on to the processor, who in turn debits the merchant. Or drops him entirely. You don’t want too many of these.

I’ve used them for years for small amounts, with no problem, but on the basis of others’ complaints in webmaster forums, I wouldn’t use them for large ones. Don’t leave large amounts ‘on deposit’ in any internet-based company; they’re not banks, and even banks go bust occasionally.

The best use for PayPal is to entice customers who already use it. Find another provider to be your main one. One like …

2Checkout.com (http://www.2checkout.com)

This is a factoring service like PayPal. Unlike them, they have a pretty good reputation with webmasters. Like PayPal, they don’t provide you with a merchant account; they process your orders through their own.

This is why such sites have to be very stringent; they are answerable to their own merchant account provider. Too many bogus orders, and they go out of business.

This is why third-party factoring services like 2Checkout are very useful to a newbie merchant: fraud prevention. They can screen out suspicious orders.

Most merchants would like to think they can sell worldwide. The fact is most of the world is poor; MOST countries can’t afford your goods. So some citizens try to get them fraudulently.

A smart merchant would bar most of the world from accessing his cart, and only accept orders from the USA, Canada, western Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and his home country. Harsh, but you’ll sleep better at night.

WorldPay (http://www.worldpay.com)

A well-regarded service. I found adding it to the Oscommerce cart (http://www.oscommerce.com) a bit of a chore, but it worked. More expensive to join than 2Checkout. You don’t hear many gripes about WorldPay, which is rare in webmaster circles.

ClickBank.com (http://www.clickbank.com)

Handy if you’re selling a few items of inexpensive software to start off your business. They’ll let you up the price once they’re sure of you. I managed to get them to go up to $150 (whoo!). I was very jealous of their system. It’s well designed and extremely ‘viral’; they’re basically a huge affiliate program. Join ClickBank, and others will try and sell your product for you.

They allow you to block whole continents from trying to buy your product, and that is good. The odds are that a $25 order for an ebook, from a third-world country, is fraudulent.

If an order looks dodgy, it probably is. Contact the customer by ‘phone or email. If you don’t get a satisfactory reply, refund the card.

When you’re making $1000+ a month, get your own merchant account.

MerchantSeek (http://www.merchantseek.com)

A useful collection of affiliate links to merchant account and processing providers. Scroll down their front page to their search tool. You can find an account that suits your needs. This is most helpful to non-U.S. merchants, or those seeking ‘international merchant accounts’.

In the UK, look for ‘merchant services’ at:

Barclays bank (http://www.barclaycardmerchantservices.co.uk)

NatWest (http://www.natwest.com)

Bank Of Scotland (http://www.bankofscotland.co.uk)

Royal Bank Of Scotland (http://www.rbs.co.uk)

Streamline (http://www.streamline.com)

UK processing services are:

Secpay (http://www.secpay.com)

Netbanx (http://www.netinvest.co.uk)

Protx (http://www.protx.com)

Having one’s own merchant account means paying less in processing fees.

IMPORTANT: You should specify up-front that you are looking for an internet merchant account. Internet transactions are viewed as higher risk than those by bricks-and-mortar businesses. The technical term is ‘card not present’.

Some things you may need, if applying for an internet merchant account of your own:

Business bank account;

Photocopy of a voided cheque for said account;

Copy of the articles of incorporation of your company;

Photocopy of your return policy information;

Trade references;

Photocopy of your driver’s license or passport.

In short, you need to prove that both you and your company are what you say they are. Your account provider is taking a chance on you. You might send them a ton of bogus orders. A bank is a business too, not a community service. Help them to make the right decision! The more you can establish that you are bona-fide, the lower the cost of your account.

Things to avoid, if you can:

a) Expensive credit-card processing software rental or hire-purchase.

b) Monthly fees.

c) High discounts (the % of your sales they keep).

d) Fat fees up front (anything over $500 is a joke).

e) Salesmen calling you up with a spiel.

f) Getting lumbered with hiring their shopping cart as well.

Things to look out for at sites offering merchant accounts:

If you need to maintain a U.S. presence - full U.S. incorporation, U.S. server, U.S. offices, U.S. bank account - or NOT.

Also if they want a deposit, and the size of their application fee. And the usual monthly minimums, discounts etc.

Avoid getting into any software purchase or equipment rental. You can sort all that out later, for less money. There are plenty of good payment gateways, like Authorize.net (http://www.authorize.net) just itching for your business.

PS: Don’t accept a merchant account from an Eastern European bank. I did, some years ago. The bank went bust. One guy wailed on Usenet that he’d lost $10,000 dollars. Luckily for me, business was bad that year!

About the author: T. O’ Donnell http://www.tigertom.com is an ecommerce consultant in London, UK. His latest projects are a mortgage calculator and ebook, available at http://www.tigertom.com/mortgages-uk.shtml

Nowadays, shopping online is a very common thing. Making your purchases without leaving your house is an attractive option for many of us. Purchasing items over the internet using your credit card can be quite an unpleasant experience if you don’t make sure your payments are safe. Although many people consider that using a credit card for online transactions is not safe, they continue using this method but with increased caution measures. The greatest risk we expose ourselves to when shopping online is identity theft. But this is not the only risk, and various studies reveal that people have also other concerns like: personal information will be sold to third parties, unauthorized recurring transactions, not receiving the ordered products or even higher prices than advertised prices.

Many people think that shopping online is risky, but the risk is not greater than others. Taking few precaution measures is the best thing to do unless you want to quite shopping online. First of all, we should not shop from unknown websites. Always look for the companies you know or ask someone to recommend you a site or a company that he/she uses. Still, if you’re not sure of the vendor’s identity try to find his address and phone number and check them. Also check the refund and return policies of the company in case they don’t ship you the right products or you’re not satisfied with their quality. Another thing to be careful about is the browser that you’re using, it has to be a secured browser. A secured browser should include Secure Sockets Layer that scramble the information you are sending over the internet, making the transaction more secure. You can easily recognize a secured web site, because when you’re filling in online orders or applications a closed padlock sign should appear at the bottom of the screen. Another way to make sure that the web site is secure is to check the URL; if it begins with “https” it means the transaction is secure because the “s” stands for secure.

Another important thing to be careful about is your privacy. The information you’re submitting when you use your credit card online should be kept private by the company that receives it, meaning it should not be passed on or sold to third parties unless you agree. Most web sites ask for your permission to use personal details for direct marketing, and if you feel uncomfortable giving them permission you must know you have the right to object. Anyway, before submitting any personal details you should check the privacy policy of an website; if there are things not clear to you give them a call and see if your understanding is correct or not. Do not submit any information, unless you’re absolutely sure that your credit card details are safe.

Being able to safely use credit cards for online purchases is not only the buyer’s responsibility. The vendor has also his part of responsibility in ensuring safe purchases for his clients. Vendors also suffer from credit card frauds. They have to take some security measures in order for them and their customers to be protected against online credit card frauds. Security and privacy are two important aspects a vendor should take into consideration. He must ensure the client that the personal information submitted are kept private and at the same time he must check the details received to make sure that he’s dealing with the real cardholder.

It is a well known fact that online credit card transactions are risky, because your personal information are exposed and can be stolen by others with the intention of using them to commit frauds. Yet, if the buyers are careful to whom they relies these information and the vendors are cautious from whom they receive credit card information, the risks of online credit card frauds decreases significantly. When disclosing personal information, common sense should exist.

This article has been provided courtesy of Creditor Web. Creditor Web offers great credit card articles available for reprint and other tools to help you search and compare credit card offers.